Thread holder



SPL 17, 1940.

A C- SALTER THREAD HOLDER INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented sept. 17, 1940 piro stares eArENr reise.

THREAD HOLDER Albertus Carson sauer, Barrow, Ga.

Application May 2, 1939, Serial No. 271,387

2 Claims.;

The invention relates to a thread holder and more especially to a combined thread holder and guide.

The primary object of the invention is the pro- 5 vision of a device of this character, wherein the same can be placed upon an elevated stand or purpose.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a holder of this character, wherein the construction thereof is novel in its entirety and is enable the storing thereof in the least possible space and also will occupy minimum space when in use, the holder being primarily for the purpose of delivering yarn and'thread to crocheters and knitters in that a single thread or-more threads will be delivered to the hands of the knitter or crocheter in a convenient and satisfactory manner for the execution of work without liability of tangling and knotting of the threads during the feeding thereof.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a holder of this character, which is extremely simple in its construction, thoroughly reliable and efcient in operation, light in weight yet strong, durable, and inexpensive to manu.- facture.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which discloses the preferred embodiment lof the invention and` in stores or the like for the wrapping of rn'erchan dise for the feeding of cord or the like for this readily and easily portable, being of a size to spending parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the holder' v constituting the present invention comprises a substantially rectangular shaped flat facedbase or supporting slab I6, preferably made from wood although it may be made from any other suitable material, and in this instance the marginal edges are beveled, as at II, giving symmetrical lines to the base in the finished product.V v

Rising from this base or slab I@ is an upwardly tapered guide frame, preferably made from a single length of stiii wire I2 having its side limbs or arms bent inwardly at` i3 and downwardly at it, the latter creating anchoring tips, which are stapled or driven into the base at the upper face thereof. Supplemental fasteners lit secure the inwardly bent portions i3 of the wire i2 to the base so that this frame will be maintained rigid in 20 a substantially upright or perpendicular position. The frame at the uppermost portion thereof has bent from the wire i2 forming the same a centrally located eye it constituting a guide for thread I1 when trained therethrough.v v

Aligned with the frame constituted by the wir-e I2 and intermediate thereof is a spool or threadcone rack I8. This rack is made from a single length of wire and is upwardly tapered having the terminals I9 anchored in the base or slab I for sustaining it perpendicular or vertical, the spool or cone being indicated at 20 and is removably engaged on the rack I8 for holding it as exhibited in Figure l of the drawing. The thread I1 from the spool or cone is delivered therefrom by unwinding from the same. The rack I8 is formed with a substantially V-shaped bight 2| therein at the upper portion of the same so as to render the rack I8 yieldable or expansible and contractible and in this way the spool or cone 20 will be frictionally held on the rack when the latter is inserted therein.

Hooked at 22 to the side members or limbs of the frame constituted by the wire I2, preferably at the portions I3, -is a supplemental frame 23 bent from a single length of wire and having an upwardly and angularly disposed rack 24, the angular portion 25 to the vertical being directed toward the frame constituted by the wire I2."

This frame 23 is slanted away from the frame constituted by the wire I2 and upon the rack 24 at the angled portion 25 of the same is fitted a spool or thread-cone 26, the thread 21 thereof being trained through the eye I6 concurrently with the thread Il and these threads will be guided to the hand of a crocheter or knitter, the threads being unwound from the spools or cones as is usual when delivering such threads from either or both of the same. The rack 24 at the angular portion 25 has provided therein a substantially V-shaped bight 28 giving yieldability to the said rack at the portion 25 for frictionally holding the spool or cone 26 thereon.

It should be apparent from the disclosure in the drawing that the holder is adaptable for feeding Wrapping cord or thread either singly or two or more thereof through the eye IB and in the feeding of the single strand the holder is serviceable for the Wrapping of packages While the holder is designed primarily for use by crocheters or knitters and in this service will deliver one or more strands of thread, yarn or the like to the hands of the knitter or crocheter, being no liability of tangling or knotting of the thread in the feed thereof.

The holder is adaptable to be placed upon an elevated support, upon the floor or Within a handbag and will successfully feed a strand or strands of thread or yarn as before indicated.

It is to be understood of course that the cone holder created by a single length of wire forming the rack I8 may be detachably fitted With the base or slab I0. By reason of the joiner of the side members or limbs of the frame 23 constituted by a single length ofvvire creating the rack 24 the latter is susceptible of detachable connection with the side members of the frame constituted by the Wire I2. 'Ihe side members of the said frame 23 have the terminal coupling hooks I3 Which separably engage the side members of the frame constituted by the Wire I2 for the detachable connection of these parts one with the other.

` The frame constituted by the wire I2 in lieu of the single eye I 6 may have bent therefrom a plurality of eyes, not shown, for singly receiving thread in selected order.

What is claimed is:

1. A thread holder comprising a base forming 45 a horizontal bed, a guide frame formed from a single length of stiff wire rising vertically from said bed and having side anchoring limbs driven into said bed, an eye formed from said Wire centrally of the frame at the uppermost portion thereof, a supplemental frame formed from a single length of Wire having side arms hooked to the side limbs of the guide frame next to the bed, a rack rising vertically from the said bed in alignment with the guideframe and having a yieldable substantially V-shaped bight centered thereto for the fitting of a spool or thread cone and the frictional holding of the latter I. upon the rack for the delivery of thread therefrom through the said eye, and a springy substantially V-shaped bight formed centrally of the supplemental frame and inclined to the horizontal in a direction toward the eye for the frictional holding of a spool or thread cone and having threads thereof trained through said eye.

2.- A thread holder comprising a base forming a horizontal bed, a guide frame formed from a single length of stii` wire rising vertically from said bed and having side anchoring limbs driven into said bed, an eye formed from said Wire centrally of the frame at the uppermost portion thereof, a supplemental frame formed from. a singlev length of wire having side arms hooked to the side limbs of the guide frame next to the bed, a rack rising vertically from the said bed in alignment with the guide frame and having a yieldable substantially V-shaped bight centered thereto for the tting of a spool or thread cone and the frictional holding of the latter upon the rack for the delivery of thread therefrom through the said eye, a springy substantially V-shaped bight formed centrally of the supplemental frame and inclined to the horizontal in a direction toward the eye for the frictional holding of a spool or thread cone and having threads thereof trained through said eye, the said guide frame having laterals in its side limbs, and fasteners straddling the laterals and engaged in the bed for holding the said guide frame anchored in the latter.

ALBERTUS CARSON SALTER. 

